Scepticism proposes that doubt should bear not on propositions taken on their own terms but on the dubious language they perpetuate. Wittgenstein reserved particular scorn for the antics of psychological theorists. I propose, in the spirit of the Pyrrhonists, to examine some implications for the lives of therapists and their clients and propose how sceptically orientated consultations may be of benefit.

I show a way of thinking about psychotherapy which avoids theory. I give a brief clinical example showing that a deep obstacle in psychoanalysis is that the patient is subject to the analyst's picture of the mind.